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CVE-2026-3998: WM JqMath <= 1.3 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'style' Shortcode Attribute

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.4 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-04-15 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The WM JqMath plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'style' shortcode attribute of the [jqmath] shortcode in all versions up to and including 1.3. This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user-supplied shortcode attributes. The generate_jqMathFormula() function directly concatenates the 'style' attribute value into an HTML style attribute without applying esc_attr() or any other escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Affected products

• webmindpt WM JqMath: through 1.3

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wm-jqmath/tags/1.3/wm_jqmath.php#L27
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wm-jqmath/tags/1.3/wm_jqmath.php#L33
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wm-jqmath/trunk/wm_jqmath.php#L27
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wm-jqmath/trunk/wm_jqmath.php#L33
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b4aebb45-b47b-4b5a-8281-400a4b786689?source=cve

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